Improved caster-bottle



'PATENTED SEPT. 1863.

P. GROSSMAN. OASTER BOTTLE.

West Warren, in the county of Worcester of the box.

The invention consists in the employment Jor use in a salt-box of a stationary obstruction formed by a series of arms extending alent means, in such a manner that the salt openings in the cover can be insured.

' any other suitable material, in the form of a other desirable shape, and provided with g a UNITED STATES,

PATENT ()FFICE.

IMPROVED CASTER-BOTTLE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,889, dated'September 15, 1863.

To all whom) it may concern.

Be it known that I, G. P. CROSSMAN, of

and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Salt-Boxes, Casters, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being. had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which-- Figure lrepresents a vertical central section of my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same, taken in the plane indicatedby the line as m, Fig. 1. Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to prevent the salt in a salt-box from forming into lumps. and clogging up the perforationsiu the cover 'a cross the box, or by wires, or any other equivwill be pulverized byfcoming in contact with said obstruction whenever't'he boxis-shaken, and a free discharge of the same through the To enable those skilled in the 'art to make and use m A represents a salt-box, made. of glass or I caster, as shownin the drawings, or in any cover, B, which is perforated with a series of holes, a. The bottom of the box is formed by a piece of cork,0, which is ormay be held in place by a metal cap, b. From the center yinvent'ioml will proceed to describe it. 1

2 substantiallyas set forth.

of the bottom 0 rises a stem, D, provided with a series of arms, 0, which extend transversely through the stem in various directions close .to the inner surface of the box. It the salt in the box forms into lumps, it is only necessary to shake said box, and as the salt comes in contact with the arms itis finely pulverized and passes readily through the ,holes in thecover. The clogging up of the -salt can thus be prevented and a free discharge of "the contents insureth It is obvious that the construction or shapeof the obstruction D c' i n the box can be altered in various forms without altering the resultr LlJiejceutral stem may be attachedrto the cover, instead oft-he bottom of the box. and the arms,'inste'ad of being composed ofstraight bars, maybe made in the form of onepr more spirals, or they may be attached to the sides of the box, instead of to the stem, andthe' stem may bedispcnsed with altogether. All

such alterations will not alter the result, and

' consequently I consider the same mechanical tion D 0 represented equivalents of the obstruc in the drawings.

- It is needless to rem ment may be applied with advantage to pepper-boxes,.or in fact to all boxes containing a substance in'the shape of powder and liable to form into lumps.

What I claim as new .by Letters Patent, is-

The application of the obstruction D c, or its equivalent, to a box, A, constructed and operatingin the manner a and desireto secure 0. P.- OROSSMANa; 'Witnesses:

' JAMES S. DAVIS,

- TIMOTHY JANES.

ark that this'imp'rovend for the purpose 

